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Pool Sharks

Bally 1990
Strategy updated: June 26th, 2026

Strategy

Complete racks and shoot left orbit

Skill Shot

Full plunge awards 100K and 1 ball to the rack

Short plunge to hit a habit trail awards 200K and 2 balls to the rack

⭐️ Even shorter plunge to have the ball fall into the saucer awards 300K and 3 balls to the rack

❗️If you miss the shortest plunge and the ball lands on the flipper while your score is still flashing, you can drain the ball as the PF was not qualified and try the skill shot again

Ruleset

❗️Player 1 picks whether to play 8 ball or 9 ball, this is then set for all players

  • 8-ball: Hot Shot drop targets can be collected in any order, has to be done twice, then hit lit ramp to collect 8 ball to finish the rack and light Trick Shot

  • ⭐️ 9-ball: Hot Shot drop targets have to be collected in order - then collect 8 and 9 ball from the ramps. Making 9 ball finishes the rack and lights Trick Shot

Trick Shot - when lit 3M hurry up on the left orbit

  • when unlit, orbit to scoop awards a mystery bonus

Complete C U E lanes to increase BonusX (max 5X)

When lit captive ball awards cue stick value (increased by completing drop banks)

  • Lighting the 3 standup targets (Hammerhead Shark) on lower right enables 2X cue stick value for 15 seconds

Hot Shot Alley and Jackpots: Complete a rack, complete C U E lanes, and completing the hammerhead shark targets lit right saucer to collect a shark. Collect all three to shoot the saucer for a JP starting at 1M

  • JP increased by ramps (L - 25K, R - 50K), unlight right saucer (100K), drop target hits (5K each)

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